Texas A&M University at Galveston is embarking on an ambitious project that promises to revolutionize sea turtle conservation efforts in the Gulf of Mexico region. The planned Sea Turtle Hospital and ...

But with bougainvillea rated as “highly flammable,” we are putting in hedge of Texas sage/Texas Ranger (Leucophyllum frutescens) instead. Some large trees are especially dangerous. For example ...

As any experienced San Antonio gardener knows, South Texas summers can be brutal on plants. Following a brief burst of color in spring, the summer heat descends, often accompanied by months of ...

The wax leaf Ligustrum (Ligustrum japonicum 'Texanum') is an evergreen shrub with dense foliage that will give your yard a beautiful English garden vibe. A cultivar of the widely-known Japanese privet ...

Desert Door Distillery opens a portal to explore the world of sotol in their tasting room outside of Driftwood. Sotol is an alcoholic beverage made for centuries from the Dasylirion plant native ...

A larval host for skipper butterflies. Sun or part shade. Texas sage, or cenizo (Leucophyllum). Small, silver-gray leaves make it attractive most of the year; the small lavender flowers that ...

They are searching for a plant called erodium texanum, (common names Texas stork’s bill or heronbill), a type of herb native to California. More specifically, they are looking for its seeds.

Leucophyllum frutescens ‘San Antonio Rose’ was one of the standouts at the Arizona trial site. Based on the trial, one of the top performers was Dodonaea viscosa ‘Emerald Ice,’ commonly known as hop ...

Known by its botanical name, Leucophyllum frutescens, it's part of a family of plants called Scrophulariaceae or figworts. These plants have bilaterally symmetrical flowers, referred to as zygomorphic ...